free patterns

This is one of my first attempts at designing. I wanted a bookmark that would look something like a miniature doily, but that would go together rather quickly. This was…

To add a bead, make the picot which will receive the join slightly longer than the diameter of the bead. When you're ready to join, pull the picot through the…

Instructions: dsdouble stitchRringppicotjjoinChChain   This design used two 5mm turquoise-colored beads, 20 gold seed beads, tatting thread size 20, and 2 gold-tone jewelry findings. Wind 1.5 yards of thread onto a shuttle.…

Summer in Colorado brings fresh strawberries to the stores and to the mountains. I designed three berries to celebrate summer here--a raspberry, a wild strawberry, and a domestic strawberry. Wouldn't…

Last week here in Colorado we had one of our surprise spring snowstorms. The day before was a beautiful spring day, but we woke to big snowflakes and wind. We…

This is a fun card for a new mother and her baby. Find a shiny, new penny (or other appropriate coin) that was minted in the year the baby was…

It's been a hot summer in Colorado. Earlier this month, I was hot and was trying to talk myself out of cooling down with some ice cream. Then it hit…

Tatting with black is a fun challenge for me. I love the elegant look, especially when I use very few picots. Here is a necklace and earring set using black…

Recently at work my computer died. I mean really died. And since my entire job is done on the computer, I had no work to do. So I asked a…

We've all heard of writer's block. Well, this month I had "designer's block". I'd planned on creating a Christmas-y design and just couldn't get my mind around it. So I…